New Mod: Mod Wars

Jammer

<div class="IPBDescription">Very Early Design Doc...</div> What's worse than a mod that copies CS, TFC or DoD?
How about one that copies all of them!
<!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

I've had this idea in my head for a while now. I put together a design doc for it (NS had one- see overmind.org - Mine pales in comparison, but Flayra's a professional <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> ). I imagine I'd be team leader and coder- I know C++ but I haven't done anything with HL Engine yet. So it'd be a learnign process. Anyway, the basic concept.

Its a class based team play mod. There are 2 teams, 'Good Guys' and 'Bad Guys' from popular genres. Maps are made of 'Zones' which change game mechanics. If you fight in the WWII zone, you have realistic damage. If you fight in the Space Zone, you have arcade damage. You effectiveness depends on your class and what zone you're fighting in. Zones will be intertwined and theere will be multiple zones of each kind on a map. Each map has 4 objectives (Control Points, Bomb, Eliminate (points for kills) and Capture the flag.)- and only certain classes can complete certain objectives. There is more detail on this in design document. Its in word format. PM if you can't handle that format and I'll send it in plain text.

Thanks, feedback appreciated.

dr_d

Sounds like it could be fun but in terms of coding it probably more trouble than it's worth.

Jammer

So if a mod requires more than adding weapons, its more trouble than its worth ;-) I can almost garauntee that its less work than Commander Mode to code... heheh

EDIT
and checking the download numbers, you didn't even DL it before commenting! Please read it before you reply <i>thinking</i> you know what it says. Its only 4 pages.

Red_Wizard

I just got done reading it, and it sounds like it would be really fun. Sorta similar to an idea for a mod that I had... but only sort of. Mine would have been based on types of players, not mods. (There would be a Haxor class, a n00b class, a Vet class, etc)

Good luck. I'd help you if I could, but I'm gonna be working on a HL2 mod sometime in August or so.

JediYoshi

meh, I had an idea once about a MOD, also named MOD Wars. came into my mind when ns and prxysm started to..

Salty

The allies had the grease gun not the nazis.

Counter-strike guys should have the special ability of runing faster if they use the knife.

<!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Jammer

Then what did the Nazis have? Whatever, it doesn't matter :-D I'll give them a Sturmtruppe thing. Thats sounds germanish enough. *nem cringes*. Any design crititques?

Liku

<!--QuoteBegin--Jammer+May 29 2003, 07:17 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jammer @ May 29 2003, 07:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Then what did the Nazis have? Whatever, it doesn't matter :-D I'll give them a Sturmtruppe thing. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Sturmtruppe was a German Class of Soldier. Also here's a List of weapons the German's had.

K98
K98Scoped (Favored Sniper Rifle of German Snipers)
K43
StG44
Mp40
MG34
MG42
Spade
Hitler Youth Knife
Luger
Walther
Fg42

CplDavis

Lol just imagine the enemy horde chasing after the good guys.

The bad guy team consits of an Onos, a German, and a few Terrorists.

They chase a TSA Marine, a few US and British WW2 soldiers and a Navy Seal all the way from the city of Caen_2 to the beaches of Normandy. The good guys try to make a stand in the Assault warehouse after crossing the hot sands of Dust 2, but they are flushed out by a combo of stick grenades, Lerk Spores, and AK bullets. They have to get in their good guy space ship called Nancy and try to get to Hera Station for safety! Will they make it?
Play this mod to find out!

<!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Liku

This would be one of the best fun MODs ever. If completed though.

dr_d

Each map would be like 3.5 gigs.

Vyvn

I know you're exaggerating with the 3.5 gig part, but maps in for HL, in general, will never get any bigger than those for NS. Which are all under 10 megs.

As for the mod, well...seeing as I haven't exactly looked at the design doc, since it's after midnight and I'm about to go to bed, I can't really say, but it sounds like it could be fun. Sort of a fun combination of the best mods. Perhaps I'll take a closer look when I'm not so tired.

Necro

here's a tip: do your research first <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

Jammer

Shut up Necro :-)
Its the ideas, not the facts that matter at this point. Greasegun was just the KIND of gun I wanted him to have- quickfiring but not that powerful. And don't tell me that the greasegun was really powerful. It isn't in this version.

And these would be custom models, so they would try to capture the feel of exsisting intellectual property, but it won't use the same models like Bumper Cars. :-)